OSCARS 2016: AN INTERESTING EVENING OF MANY "FIRSTS"!

Hi Friends,

How are you? And how was Valentine's Day? How did you spend that day in February which comes once in four years? Yep I'm talking of the leap year i.e. 29th February...hope you partied hard! ;-) Even if you didn't, Hollywood sure did when the film fraternity converged together once again to celebrate,honor and reward the finest talents among them at the Oscars.And we too celebrated in their joy as we cheered and rooted for our favorites while sitting in front of our television sets!

While the curtains on the awards season may have come down with the grand finale culminating at the Oscars but at the outset this year has been a mixed bag indeed especially when it came to predicting the winners! And perhaps for some it may even be disappointing to say the least with Sylvester Stallone not winning the Best Supporting Actor award, the lack of diversity clearly visible in the list of nominees and subsequent to it #Oscarsowhite trending across different social networks.

FROM PARIS, BY A PARSI - HOW THE INDIAN FLAG LANDED ON OUR SOIL?

Hello Everybody,

Last week, India celebrated her 61st Independence Day. It brought back memories afresh of our struggle for independence as television channels continued to beam images and clippings of the Father of our Nation – Mahatma Gandhi, the Quit India Movement and the great men and women who sacrificed their lives to win India back her freedom.

Today in yet another series of articles, we have Rasheid Taleyarkhan bringing alive one such important woman who was lost somewhere in the pages of history – yes it’s none other than Madam Bhikaji Cama.